Saudi Arabia: The settlement of algae produces 20 percent of Europe's production - Fisheries

The Board of Directors of the National Program for the Development of the Fisheries Sector held its thirteenth meeting, headed by the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Eng. Abdul Rahman Al-Fadhli, and in the presence of representatives of a number of ministries, government agencies and the private sector. The CEO of the National Program for the Development of the Fisheries Sector, Dr. Ali Al-Sheikhi, stated that the council reviewed the project to develop technologies and applications for the algae industry in Saudi Arabia, which was recently launched by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, in cooperation with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), with the aim of localizing the algae industry and its technologies, and making it A major tributary of development in the Kingdom, where the expected first production volume from the project is 100 tons, which is equivalent to 20% of Europe’s production, given the Kingdom’s comparative ...